Joshua U. Humble
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Age: 21
From: Appleton, Maine
Assigned to the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident: Army Spc. Joshua U. Humble was killed Feb. 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Baghdad. Also
Died: February 26, 2006
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Family, friends and supporters honor Maine soldier at funeral
BELFAST, Maine — Family and friends and scores of men and women in uniform gathered Tuesday night to bid farewell to Army Spc. Joshua Humble of Appleton, a soldier whose life was claimed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.
With flags at half-staff, an Army honor guard from the 10th Mountain Division fired a 15-gun salute in Humbles honor. Afterward, the soldiers placed their rifles in a pyramid and presented Humble’s mother with the flag from her son’s coffin.
Staff Sgt. Robert Preusser, of Belton, Texas, learned of Humble’s death four hours before boarding a bus to the airport for a two-week leave at home.
“He was a funny, funny guy, wise beyond his years. Just an outstanding person,” Preusser told the Bangor Daily News. “He was the first one to slap you on the back when you were feeling down or upset, the first to come up with a joke...
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I Did Not Die
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle Autumn’s rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush.
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there;
I did not die.
- Anon -